Black sedge

Schoenus nigricans

Schoenus nigricans is occasionally found growing in marshes, calcareous bogs, and wet flatwoods from the northern counties south to the central peninsula, and Escambia County (Wunderlin, 2003). It blooms from spring to summer. It occurs almost always (estimated probability 99%) under natural conditions in wetlands.

Black sedge might
first be encountered as clumps of wiry stems and leaves, having blackish long-tipped clusters at
the stem tips. Each cluster of blackish spikelets has one very long, stiff, pointed bract, jutting out
from below.